Federal Register: June 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 109)
DOCID: fr09jn09-91 FR Doc E9-13413
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Reclamation Bureau
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr09jn09-91
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of renewal of a currently approved collection (OMB No. 10060006).
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Agency Information Collection; Activities Under OMB Review; Comment Request
DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove this information
collection, but may respond after 30 days; therefore, public comments must
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be received on or before August 10, 2009 to assure maximum
consideration.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces the Bureau of Reclamation (we, our, or us) has forwarded the following Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Certification Summary Form, Reporting Summary Form for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428, OMB Control Number: 10060006. This ICR is required under the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (RRA), Acreage Limitation Rules and Regulations, 43 CFR part 426, and Information Requirements for Certain Farm Operations In Excess of 960 Acres and the Eligibility of Certain Formerly Excess Land, 43 CFR part 428. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden.
SUMMARY:
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Title: Certification Summary Form, Reporting Summary Form for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428.
Abstract: These forms are to be used by district offices to summarize individual landholder (direct or indirect landowner or lessee) and farm operator certification and reporting forms as required by the RRA, 43 CFR part 426, and 43 CFR part 428. This information allows us to establish water user compliance with Federal reclamation law.
Changes to the RRA forms and the instructions to those forms. Minor
editorial changes were made to the currently approved RRA forms and the
instructions to those forms prior to the 60day comment period
initiated by the notice published in the Federal Register (73 FR 63508,
Oct. 24, 2008). Those changes were designed to assist the respondents
by increasing their understanding of the forms, clarifying the
instructions for use when completing the forms, and clarifying the
information that is required to be submitted to the districts with the
forms. We received no public comments from the 60day public comment
period. The proposed revisions to the RRA forms will be included starting in the 2010 water year.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondents: Contracting entities that are subject to the acreage limitation provisions of Federal reclamation law.
Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 210.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.25.
Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 263.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 10,520 hours.
Estimate of Burden for Each Form Estimated
Form No. number of Frequency of Total annual Burden hours Total burden
respondents response responses per response hours
721SUMMC and tabulation sheets 174 1.25 218 40 8,720
721SUMMR and tabulation sheets 36 1.25 45 40 1,800
Total....................... 210 1.25 263 .............. 10,520
Comments. Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of our functions, including whether the information will have practical use;
(b) the accuracy of our burden estimate for the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Reclamation will display a valid OMB control number on the RRA forms. A Federal Register notice with a 60day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of information was published in the Federal Register (73 FR 63508, Oct. 24, 2008). No public comments were received.
OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove this information collection, but may respond after 30 days; therefore, public comment should be submitted to OMB within 30 days in order to assure maximum consideration.
Before including your address, telephone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire commentincluding your personal identifying
informationmay be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Dated: April 21, 2009.
Richard W. Rizzi,
Acting Director, Program and Policy Services, Denver Office. [FR Doc. E913413 Filed 6809; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Stephanie McPhee at: (303) 445-2897.